NBC, Fox sue video-clipping service

By eSchool News

July 25th, 2008

NBC and Fox have sued Redlasso, an online video-clipping service that is popular with bloggers, MediaPost reports. The networks allege that Redlasso violates their copyright and trademark rights by allowing web publishers to embed clips of programs such as Greta Van Susteren’s On the Record and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. "Without any authorization, permission, consent, or license from the networks, Redlasso publicly performs, publicly displays, and distributes its unauthorized copies of the networks’ programming and content," NBC Universal, Fox News Network, and Fox Television Stations allege in the lawsuit, filed this week in federal district court in New York. The networks are seeking an injunction against Redlasso and monetary damages. Redlasso, a startup based in King of Prussia, Pa., declined to comment on the case. The lawsuit comes two months after CBS, NBC, and Fox sent Redlasso a letter demanding that it stop making clips of their shows available. When the networks sent the cease-and-desist letter, Redlasso responded that it was providing a "valuable service" to bloggers and content owners…